diff --git a/include/linux/io_uring_types.h b/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
index 699e2c0895ae..b44d201520d8 100644
--- a/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ enum {
 	REQ_F_SKIP_LINK_CQES_BIT,
 	REQ_F_SINGLE_POLL_BIT,
 	REQ_F_DOUBLE_POLL_BIT,
+	REQ_F_MULTISHOT_BIT,
 	REQ_F_APOLL_MULTISHOT_BIT,
 	REQ_F_CLEAR_POLLIN_BIT,
 	/* keep async read/write and isreg together and in order */
@@ -567,6 +568,8 @@ enum {
 	REQ_F_SINGLE_POLL	= IO_REQ_FLAG(REQ_F_SINGLE_POLL_BIT),
 	/* double poll may active */
 	REQ_F_DOUBLE_POLL	= IO_REQ_FLAG(REQ_F_DOUBLE_POLL_BIT),
+	/* request posts multiple completions, should be set at prep time */
+	REQ_F_MULTISHOT		= IO_REQ_FLAG(REQ_F_MULTISHOT_BIT),
 	/* fast poll multishot mode */
 	REQ_F_APOLL_MULTISHOT	= IO_REQ_FLAG(REQ_F_APOLL_MULTISHOT_BIT),
 	/* recvmsg special flag, clear EPOLLIN */
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 4ea684a17d01..4e362c8542a7 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ void io_wq_submit_work(struct io_wq_work *work)
 	 * Don't allow any multishot execution from io-wq. It's more restrictive
 	 * than necessary and also cleaner.
 	 */
-	if (req->flags & REQ_F_APOLL_MULTISHOT) {
+	if (req->flags & (REQ_F_MULTISHOT|REQ_F_APOLL_MULTISHOT)) {
 		err = -EBADFD;
 		if (!io_file_can_poll(req))
 			goto fail;
@@ -1851,7 +1851,7 @@ void io_wq_submit_work(struct io_wq_work *work)
 				goto fail;
 			return;
 		} else {
-			req->flags &= ~REQ_F_APOLL_MULTISHOT;
+			req->flags &= ~(REQ_F_APOLL_MULTISHOT|REQ_F_MULTISHOT);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/io_uring/net.c b/io_uring/net.c
index c0275e7f034a..616e953ef0ae 100644
--- a/io_uring/net.c
+++ b/io_uring/net.c
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ int io_sendmsg_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 		sr->msg_flags |= MSG_WAITALL;
 		sr->buf_group = req->buf_index;
 		req->buf_list = NULL;
+		req->flags |= REQ_F_MULTISHOT;
 	}
 
 	if (io_is_compat(req->ctx))